Valve-seating machine.



1. HIGBEE. VALVE SEATING MACHINE. APPLIGATION FILED MAY 7, 1910.

Patented Jan. 31, 1911;

WITNESSES:

INVENTOR JANE-5 ff/Gaff:

" ATTORNEY V J. F. HIGBEE.

VALVE SEATING MAGHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 7. i910.

- Patented Jan. 31, 1911.

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JNVENTVOR JAMES F: #15555 ATTORNEY J. F. HIGBI'EE.

VALVE SEATING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED MA: '1, 1910.

Patented Jan. 31, 1911.

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INVENTOR JIHES E H/EBEE,

WITNESSES:

ATTORNEY JAMES F. HIGBEE, or MUNCIE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR on ONE-HALF .TO WILLIAM M. 1 I-IIG-BEE, 0F LIMA, OHIO.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VALVE-SEATING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 31, 1911.

Application filed May 7, 1910. Serial No. 559.923.

0 all whom it may concern:

lie it known that I JAMES F. Hronnn a citizen of the United States, residing at Muncio, in the county of Delaware and State oi. Indiana, have invented a new and useful Valve-Seating Machine, of which the .tol' lowing is a specification. h This invention relates to machine tools.- In the manufacture oi auton'ujihiles and kindred motor vehicles having for their source of power the internal coi'nbustionor heat engine, the work ot constructing such motors, to the end that they may develop the highest etliciency and will he dependable in operation, and not liable to derangement, has created the necessity of the most preelse, positive and, accurate cooperation of the several parts. The almost universally adopted:type tit-engine oi' the character referred to,- embodies the cylinder and valve chest construction illustrated in .lfi igure .l; and. in Fig. oi the drawings herein; the

said valve chests which are 'iifllflllfltl integral with the cylinder heing arranged in.

alinement and provided with the class ot valve shown. This valve includes the valvehead- A adapted to rest on the seat I). 'l-hrough a. suit-ableopening in the top wall of the chest is passed the valve-head which has a stem A capable oi being engaged by.

ordinary ma chining of san'ie has been con'i' pletothto seat. each valve perfectly. .lfilor the purpose of facilitating such operation a central slit. A is provided in the valve-head A capable of receiving the end oi. a suitalile implement or tool, LiZL-Ti.l()lffltll],if the valve.- .head on its seat. l-ly introdacmebetween the alve-head and its seat av fluid or viscous mass containing grit or grinding-powder, and hen by manual means, moving the valve-head rotativcly, that being'the method hitherto practiced, the seating of the valve head may he accomplished; however, only after much labor and the expenditin'e of considerable time .and skill. This method of seating such valves besides being very rostly on account of the high degree of skill r necessarily employed, is, after all, uncertain in its results, and moreover requires so much time that the completion of these engines with any degree of rapidity is impracticable. The primary purpose of my invention is to-provide a machine which will operate to seat valves or parts of the character described, accurately, depend-ably and rapidly. Further objects are to provide in such a machine, such improved form, combination and arrangement of parts that the machine will he durable, not liable to get out of re.- pair, and which will be easy to use, and eco-, nomical of.n'ianutacture.

The foregoing); ohjcctm arid otherpurposes which will be obvious as the specification of my invention proceeds, are accomplished by the new construction, combination and arnngement of parts described in this specification, defined in the appended claims and illustratedin the accompanying drawing it beingunderstood of course that minor chang a may be made in the forms of the several parts and in the details of: construe t'ion. within the scope of my invention tlQllllt-ltl bythe'appcnded claims, Without do" parting from the nature of my invention nor sacrificing any of its advantages.

t orrt-aspondiug parts are designated by similar characters of reference throughout the several views in the drawings, wherein Fig- 1 is a front view, and Fig. 2 is a side view-o1 my improved valve-seating machine; in Fig. 1 the handle-hars 19 being not shown. Fig. 3 a plan view taken on the lined-3 3 in. Fig. 1. Fig. 4; is a plan view taken on the line in Fig. 1. Fig. i 5 is a detailed sectional view of the top of the tool-carr.ier-l ar. Fig. 6 is a detailed aectirmal view of a portion of the framehlat'c T. is a detailed sectional view Fiona oi the bottom end of the tool-carrier-har. Fig. 8 1s a detached enlarged sectional view 01'. the pitman. liig. 9 1s a vertical central sectional view of the qperating mechanism.

Fig. Cit) a plan view' taken on the line 1(i- -10 in Far. 9. Fig. 1]. is a plan view taken on the line 1l*1'l in Fig. 9. Fig. 12

is an enlarged view of weights suitable to capable of being oscillated and alsoof heing shifted rotatively, and to be held in removable engagement with the valve-heads, and means to intermittently cause a separation of the contact of the valve-head and its seat; the operation of the invention being such that a passing away from the contact ing surfaces of the used grit mass, is always possible, and the valve will be seated accurately and uniformly and with rapidity and precision.

In this new machine which is shown of the. preferred construction in detail and general form, the base 1 has the bulk and proportion as shown, suitable to receive and to have fastenedthereto, the structure that is to be operated upon. The uprights 2, 3, 4 and 5 having their bottoms secured to the base 1, and the frame-plates 6 and 7 which are supported by the said uprights, constitute the frame of the machine. The ar rangement of the tool-earrier-bars 8 is in pairs as shown, the distances between them center to center, being the same as the distances between the valve-heads A, center to center. These tool-carrier-bars, as shown in' Fig. 6, fit slidingly in the bores of the gear-wheels 9, but by a feather 9 which will engage the longitudinal groove 8 in the tool-carrier-bar, each of the bars will be actuated its respective gear wheel 9. A suitable ,construction whereby these gear wheels may perform their functions, is shown in detail in Fig. 6, the hubs being journaled in suitable bores therefor in the frame-plate 7, and by the .fiange-collars 10 which are secured to the bottoms of said hubs, the gear wheels while free to move m tatively will be held against vertical movement. The lower portions of the said toolcarrier-bars 8 will move freely in the bearings therefor in the frame-plate 6. The tool-member to be carried by said bars 8 is illustrated in detail in Fig. 7. A sleeve 11 gagettnent with a valve or part-having'a is screwed onto the. bottom of the tool-carrier-bar 8 and will be secured by the locknut 11. 12 designates a stub which has a too. 13. smaller than that of the bore of the sleeve 11, and is supported loosely by the transverse pin 14, it will have sufficient freedom of movement so that the toe 13, when the tool-carrier-bar, while in action,'is let down to the lowermost or dotted line position shown in Fig. 2,-will readily get into engagement with the slit A of the valv'ehead. In the.

oi'm of stub shown herein suitable for enplain; slit A", the said toe 13 consists of a I bladesecured in -a suitable opening in the bottom portion of the stub. The toe of such tool-member when worn or injured may be easily replaced independently of the toolcarrie r-bar and without the: necessity of, removing thesleeve 11. 5 Y

The tool-ca'rrier-bars 8 which are of substantial weight are supported on cables'15 This stub -is of diameter slightly shaft l7 has its ends fastened in the blocks .18 that are secured to the tops of the uprights 2 and 3. The free ends of the cables are provided with the handle-bars It). By drawing down those handle-bars the toolcarrier-bars will be raised. The degree of pressure downwardly exerted by these tool- (-m-rier-bars may be varied by the use of weights, as shown in Fig. 12, which may be disposed on the tool-carrier-bars at the lock nuts 11, or ma be supported on the flanges 19 of the said landlc-bars. -To support the tool-carrier-bars in raised inoperative position the handle bars are placed withtheir flanges 19 in engagement with the lower frontal edge of the frame-plate 7.

To afford proper connections between the tool-carrier-bars and the cables 15 is the function of the detail shown in Fig. 5. The cap 8 having a central perforation, is secured to the top of the bar; between the annular ball race provided on the head 15 of the cable, and a similar race in the underside of the said cap are balls 15". The toolcarrier-bars are thus capable of the rotative shifting without efiect on the cables.

Journaled in pillow blocks 20, and in alinement with the valve-heads A, is a shaft 21 having earns 22 underneath and adapted to engage the stems A whereby 'the valveheads A are lifted momentarily from their seats B. The pulley 21 of this shaft is belted to the drive shaft of the machine. In the operation ,gtf seating the valve-heads, a semi-fluid mass consisting of oil and grinding-powder such as emery or carborundum is introduced in such manner that it will be worked down through the valve, the-same passing between the valve-head and its seat.

It is essential that there shall be such mot-ion tion, by elfecting in combination with the frequent lifting ofthe valve-head from its seat, an oscillatory movement of the valve.

head, and ..'shifting movement of the valvehead in a rotary direction whereby there is oscillation of same at different relative positions on the seat. To accomplish these movements is the function of the novel driving and actuating mechanism for the tOOlcarrierdmrs, shown in this application,

engaged by the vertical shaft- 2*).

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In suitable bez'irings that form a part of the franieplates (3 and 7 are journaled the upper and lower ends respectively, of the vertical shaft 23, the/gear wheel 2% being secured thereto and adapted to mesh with one gear wheel of each pair of the gear wheel-s9 as shown in Fig. 3. Keyed to the lower portion of the vertical shaft are 'two ratchet wheels arranged reverse to each other and which are designated herein as the ratchet Wheel and the ratchct whecl 26.

i 27 designates a dielin-shapedheadlate which by a suitable centrat bore therein is This head-plate is disposed underneath the ratchet Wheel 25, as shown in liigs. 0 and i1, and has the mutilated vertical wall portions 27 coi'n'ientric with iahd adjacent 'to' the peripheral face of the ratchet wheel, the reverse ends of thewall "portions .27" are beveledanddesignated 27?, as shown in Fig. 10. The arm 28 which is formed integral with the said head-plate has its outer end provided with. cincinnferential. slot 28 which will be engi igcd by. a set screw 28" that is carried b ytthe 'fra 'nc-plate t3, and whereby the head plate 27"i11ay be secured at dilicrcnt :uljusted qw ti'ons. The function ofQ this. headplate'is to cause the retraction of the pools from the ratchet wheel. 25 as will be hereinafter desc'r'ibd. l

29 designates a housing, circular in form, and PIOVifilGd. with the hub 29 the bore of whi'cl'i tits loos Lyon" tl'le i'ertirajl shaft 23, as shown in de in Fig. #3 'lheenlarged bore of this housii'ig is of suitable diameter to afford clearances 2fi fand 26 for the wal portions 27 and the ratchet wl'ieel 26 respectively. l n the bores of radial extensions carried by this hohsing are slidingl posed the pair of pawls i-ltl to engage the teeth of the ratchet-wheel 25, and a pair of pawls 31 to engage the r-atchetwheel 26.

These ')awls a1.'e urged into normal engagement with the teeth of the ratchet wheels, by the coil-springs 32 kept in place by the caps 33 which will be secured to the ends of the An arm 3 1. having coi'inection with reciprocating means is S(-('.ll1.'0(?l to the hub 25)" of the housing. i i i 33 de ignates a dri\iysha lt journaled in the l'jllhflvddflfilfli 36 and 137, and upon which said driyeslmft illt' carried suitable loose illey SP5 and the drive pulleys Carried by the (ll'iVGfSlJlIft t1*'('fil'tlllli-Wll00l 41 havinga radial slot 41"? in which is ad justably retained tt i w1-is t,p'in. 42. A suit.- able form of conslruethm olj' 'this wrist pin whereby it is canalile of being SOClUft-tl at diilrceni adjusted positions in the slot ll" is shown in detail in Fig. it 4-3 designates the said wrist-pin, and the head 4:3 forms a balland-socl-:et omture with the end of the 5' amt-3 1 -the body-portion 43 of this pitman transmitted to the tool-carrier-bars.

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is made of resilient material such as spring steel to lend to the pitl'nautho proper flexibility. A

To practice my invention, the engine-part or structure having the valves of substantially the character and arrangement as shown in the drawings, is fastened in place on the base 1. The toolcarrier-bars may be let down to the operative position with the .toes 13 in engagement with the valve-heads, either before or after the machine is in motion. Through the master gear wheel 24, the motion of the yertical shaft 23 will be By the pawls at the ratchet wheel 25, and the pawl s 31. at the ratchet wheel "26, the motion of the housing which is actuated by the arm 34:, will cause an oscillatory movement of the vertical shaft. By virtneihowever of the function performed by the head plate 27, one

pair of pawls, the pawls 30, is caused to be retracted in advanceof the moment when the housing 29 will have carried them to the limit of their idle stroke, the result being that one of the two strokes constituting the oscillatory movement trasn'iitted by the housing, when delivered to the vertical shaft 23, is shorter" than the other. Thus the valve-head will have imparted to it oscillatory movement and at the same time it will be shifted to different positions rotatively. That is to say, the valve-head while being oscillated on its seat; will at the same time be caused to progress in a rotative direction, so that the entire extent of the contacting surfaces of the valve-head and its seat will be ground equably and uniformly. The frequent momentary lifting of the valve-head permits the passing of the grit mass whereby there a uniform quantity and distribution thereof and liability of the same to clog orlodgc on the contacting surfaces overcome. The degree of pressure of the too]carrier-bars on the valve-heads may be regulated by'the use of the counterbalancing weights 12 to be attached to the handle-bars 19,111 to the tool-carrier-bars. Other advanta' es of my invention are that machine (.zoi'istructed in accordance with its quinciples is capable of being enlarged to operate any nui'nber of tool-carricrbars, and

may be capable of receiving for operation llU therecin structures having-valves of number more or less and of sizes of difl'erent. dimensions than those shown in the drawings. The head-plate 28 being capable'of adjustment to different positions the length of the idle stroke or shift of the pawls may be so regulated that the length of the shifting ini'wcinent of the tool-ca.rrier-bars may be varied. The adjustment also afforded by the adjustable wrist. pin 42 makes possible the variation of the length of the oscillatory stroke of the housing- 29, the efllcct of which. is obvious.

The function of the studs 32 carried by the radial extensions of the housing, the inner ends of which studs engage loosely the suitable grooves in the pawls, is to retain the pawls against displacement rotatively. It is obvious that each of the ratchet wheels could ably engage and by its weight to press the one pieceOf work against the other piece of work, means to oscillate the said tool carrier bar so that one of the two strokes constituting the oscillatory movement will be shorter than the other, means toniomentarily separate the valve headv from its seat without stopping the oscillation of the tool carrier bar.

2. In a grinding machine, a device arranged above and to removably engage and by its weight to press the valve head against its seat, means to oscillate said device so that one of the two strokes constituting the oscillatory movement thereof will be shorter than the other, means underneath the valve to at intervals raise the valve head from its seat-without affecting the operation of ,said oscillating means.

In a machine of the kind described, a tool carrier bar to removably engage and by its weight to press the one piece of work against the other piece of work, means to oscillate the said tool carrier bar so that one of the two strokes constituting the oscillatory movement thereof will be shorter than the other, means to move and sustain the tool carrier bar out of actual engagement with the work without stopping the oscillatory movement of the tool carrier bar.

4:. In a grinding machine, the combination with a tool carrier bar to engage the valve head, means to oscillate the tool carrier bar so that one of the two strokes constituting the oscillatory movement thereof will be shorter than the other, means to Inomcntarily separate the valve head from its scat without stopping the oscillatory movement of the tool carrier bar, means to m'ove and sustain the tool carrier bar out of engagement with the valve head without stopping the oscillation of saidv tool carrier bar.'

5. In a grinding machine, a tobl carrier bar, opposed wheels, a housing to be oscillated adjacent to said wheels, gearing between the wheels and the tool carrier bar, means to transmit one stroke entire of the two strokes constituting the oscillatory movement of the housing, to one of the wheels, and to transmit a part only of the housing.

'7. In a grinding machine, a tool carrier bar, opposed ratchet wheels, a housing to be oscillated adjacent to the ratchet wheels, pawls carried by the housing toengage the ratchet wheels, gearing between the ratchet- (wheels and the tool carrier bar; a device tocause a retraction of the paw1.of the one ratchet wheel at a moment before the pawl of the other ratchet wheel has been carried to the limit of the oscillatory stroke of the housing, means to hold said device at differentpositions' so that the moment of retraction of said pawl may be varied.

8. In a grinding machine, the combination of a tool carrier bar ada ted to be moved into engagement with an to be disengaged from the valve head, opposed ratchet wheels, a housing or arm to be oscillated adjacent to the ratchet wheels, pawls. carried by the housing to engage the ratchet wheels, gearing between the ratchet wheels and the tool carrier bar, a device to cause a retraction of the pawl of the one ratchet wheel at a moment before the. pawl of the other ratchet wheel has been carried to the limit of the oscillatory stroke of the lions ing, means to separate the valve head from its seat without stopping the operation of the tool carrier bar.

9. A machine of the kind means to operate the tool-carrier bars in eluding a shaft, gearing between the shaft and the tool-carrier-bars, opposed ratchet wheels secured to said shaft, a housing tobe oscillated adjacent to said ratchet wheels, pawls carried by the housing to engage each of the'ratchet wheels, and means to oscillate the housing.

10. In a machine of the kind described, means to operate .the tool-carrier-bars in cluding a shaft, gearing between the shaft .and the tool-carrier bars, opposed ratchet wheels secured to the shaft, a housing to be .oscillated adjacent to the said ratchet wheels, pawls carried by the housing to engage each of the ratchet wheels, a member disposed adjacent to one of. the ratchet ,wheels to cause a' retraction of its pawl at a described,

moment prior to the completion of the osupon. the valve he'ads, a shaft, gearing between the shaft and the tool-carrier-ln1rs,

opposed ratchet wheelssecured to the shaft,

a housing to be operated adjacent to the said ratchet wheels, pawls carried by the housing to engage each of the ratchet wheels, a member disposed adjacent to one of the ratchet wheels to cause a retraction of its pawl at a moment prior to the completion of the oscillatory stroke of thehousing, and means to momentarily separate the valve-heads from their seats without stopping the operation of the tool-carrier-bars.

12. A machine of the kind'described,ineluding a frame, gcar whcelsmounted on said frame and free to move rotatively but held against vertical movement, tool-carrierbars feathered to said gear Wheels, and capable of being raised and lowered, a vertical shaft, a mastergearwheel secured thereto and meshing with said gear Wheels, opposed ratchet wheels secured to said vertical shaft, one above the other, a housing having its hub journaled on said vertical shaft, pawls carried by the said housing to engage both of the ratchet wheels, a head-plate adj acent to and having wall-portions concentric to one of the ratchet Wheels and which when the housing is moved will engage one of the said pawlsto retract it from its working engagement with the ratchet wheel, means to .hold' the head-plate at different adjusted positions with reference to the relative position of the housing, and means to oscillate the housing.

13. A machine of the kind described, comprising a frame, gear wheels mounted on said frame and free to move rotatively but held, against vertical nnwclneut, to(')l-carrierbars feathered to said gear wheels, :1 vertical shaft,.a master gear Wheel secured thereto and meshing with said gear wheels, opposed ratchet wheels secured to said vertical shaft, a housing having its hub journaled on. said vertical shaft, pawls carried by the said housing to engage both of the ratchet wheels, at head-plate having wall-portions concentric to one of the ratchet Wheels and which when the housing is moved will he engaged by one ing engagement with the ratchet Wheel, an arm secured to the housing, a driving shaft, a crank Wheel carried thereon, a connectingrod to connect the crank wheel and the said arm, substantially as described.

14. In a machine of the kind described comprising tool-carrier-bars, a shaft, gearing between the shaft and the saidtool-carrier-bars, opposed ratchet wheels carried by said shaft, a housing havingpawls to engage said ratchet Wheels, and means to oscillate the said housin including a driving shaft, a crank whee carried thereon and having a slot therein, a wrist-pin retained adjustably in said slot, an arm extended from said housing, a resilient connecting rod between the said Wrist pin and the said arm and having ball and socket ointure with the latter, substantially as described.

15. In a grinding machine, a frame including a base upon which to secure the structure embodying the valves that are to be operated upon, gear wheels mounted upon said frame andfree to move rotativmy but which are held against vertical movement, tool carrier bars feathered to said gear wheels, a vertical shaft journaled in said ratchet wheels secured to said vertical shaft,

a housing having its hub journaled on said vertical shaft, pawls carried by the said housing to engage both of the ratchet wheels, a head-plate having wall portions termi nated adjacent to one of the ratchet wheels and which wall-portions when the housing is moved, will be engaged by one set of the said pawls to retract them from their working engagement with their ratchet wheel, an

,arm secured to the housing, a drivingshaft,

a crank wheel thereon, a conl'iectingrod to connect the crank wheel with the said arm, a transverse shaft jonrnaled at a position underneath the valves, cams on the said shaft to engage the stems of the valve heads, power transmitting means bci'wwn the driving shaft and the cam shaft.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

J MES F. H I'G'BEE. Witnesses:

THOMAS L. RYAN, ITIAROLI) l. Harries. 

